EDITORIAL

This volume is focused on the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development by de-coupling growth from natural resources and replacing or enhancing them with a knowledge based economy. The papers cover the economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability, as well as methods for assessing and measuring the sustainability of development, regarding energy, transport, water, environment and food production systems and their many combinations.
This special issue aims to provide energy, water and environment researchers and experts, in this time of considerable policy shift, with insights into the things to come.

Neven Duic (Guest Editor)
University of Zagreb
Ivana Lucica 5,
10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Petar Sabev Varbanov (Guest Editor)
University of Pannonia
Veszprem, Hungary